AN ACT to amend and reenact §5-10D-6 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to voluntary deductions by the
Consolidated Public Retirement Board from monthly benefits to
pay retiree association dues; establishing the date when the
increased dues will be deducted; requiring prior authorization
of the increased deductions by the retirants; adding
requirement of board provision of blind mailing services for
retiree associations; providing that the board is not liable
for the provision of services; establishing a termination date
of July 1, 2022.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §5-10D-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 10D. CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC RETIREMENT BOARD.

§5-10D-6. Voluntary deductions by the Consolidated Public
Retirement Board from monthly benefits to retirees
to pay association dues.

(a) Any recipient of monthly retirement benefits from any
public retirement plan in this state may authorize that a deduction
from his or her monthly benefits be made for the payment of
membership dues or fees to a retiree association. The deductions
shall be authorized on a form provided by the Consolidated Public
Retirement Board and shall include: (1) The identity and social
security number of the retiree; (2) the amount and frequency of the
deduction; (3) the identity and address of the association to which
the dues or fees shall be paid; and (4) the signature of the
retiree.

(b) Any retiree association authorized by recipients of
monthly benefits from any public retirement plan in this state to
receive dues or fees from deductions from retirants’ monthly
benefits may notify the board of its monthly dues on a form
provided by the board: Provided, That no increase in dues or fees
will be deducted from any retirant’s monthly benefit until the
retirant has completed an authorization form containing the
information in subsection (a) and submitted this authorization to
the board. The increased monthly retiree association dues or fees
will be deducted commencing the month following the receipt of the
authorization form to the board.

(c) Upon execution of the authorization and its receipt by the

Consolidated Public Retirement Board, the deduction shall be made
in the manner specified on the form and remitted to the designated
association on the tenth day of each month: Provided, That the
deduction may not be made more frequently than monthly.

(d) Deduction authorizations may be revoked at any time at
least thirty days prior to the date on which the deduction is
regularly made and on a form to be provided by the Consolidated
Public Retirement Board.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-one,
article eight, chapter five-a of this code to the contrary, a
retiree association representing only West Virginia public retirees
may request the board to mail voluntary membership applications and
dues deduction cards to any eligible retirees of any West Virginia
public retirement plan administered by the board: Provided, That
the retiree association shall pay all costs associated with these
mailings, including but not limited to copying, mailing, postage,
record-keeping and auditing: Provided, however, That the board may
contract with a third-party to provide mailing services that agrees
to maintain the confidentiality of the names, addresses and other
personally identifiable information of the retirants.

(f) The board is not liable to any retirant, beneficiary or
other annuitant for any action undertaken pursuant to this section.
Any retiree association agrees, by requesting the board to deduct
dues or fees or to provide mailings for it, to be responsible for
any errors or omissions by the board in conducting these activities
pursuant to this section.

(g) If any retiree association fails to timely pay to the
board all costs required by this section, the board is authorized
to thereafter refuse to provide the services in subsection (e).